{"id":6248,"date":"2007-04-13T09:25:00","date_gmt":"2007-04-13T09:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/simplethoughtsfromscripture.wordpress.com\/2007\/04\/13\/2-timothy-17-no-fear"},"modified":"2018-06-07T21:48:08","modified_gmt":"2018-06-08T02:48:08","slug":"no-more-fear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jimerwin\/2007\/04\/13\/no-more-fear\/","title":{"rendered":"No More Fear"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><h1><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/747\/2007\/04\/andreas-ronningen-31469-unsplash-1.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12599 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/747\/2007\/04\/andreas-ronningen-31469-unsplash-1-300x182.jpg\" alt=\"No More Fear\" width=\"300\" height=\"182\"><\/a><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">No More Fear<\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">For <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">God has not given us a spirit of fear<\/span>, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. <\/span><br>\n<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">(2 Timothy 1:7 NKJV)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>As you will note from the date, today is <a class=\"zem_slink decorated-link\" title=\"Friday the 13th\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Friday_the_13th\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Friday 13th<\/a>. People tend to be <a class=\"zem_slink decorated-link\" title=\"Superstition\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Superstition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">superstitious<\/a> about this date. They even have a name for it. There is <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Friday_the_13th\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">a history<\/a> associated with Friday the 13th and its impact on our culture.<\/p>\n<p>Christians however, don\u2019t have to be superstitious. God has said one command more than any other \u2013 \u201cfear not\u201d or \u201chave no fear.\u201d Fear should not rule our lives. We don\u2019t need to be scared when a certain date comes around. We also don\u2019t have to be scared when dates will come in the future.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only. <\/span><br>\n<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">(Matthew 24:36 NKJV)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Because we don\u2019t know the exact day and hour, we should have no more fear of dates. Instead, we should live our lives with power, love, and a sound mind. We should have no more fear about the past, the present, nor the future. When we live with no more fear, then our lives are easier to manage.<\/p>\n<p>Photo by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/w3lQVmuK8fw?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Andreas R\u00f8nningen<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/search\/photos\/no-fear?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Unsplash<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No More Fear For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. (2 Timothy 1:7 NKJV) As you will note from the date, today is Friday 13th. People tend to be superstitious about this date. They even have a name for it. 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